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| Amazon Editorial Review | A young girl lies in a hospital room, her tattooed body very close to death -- there is a bullet lodged in her brain. Several rooms away is the man who tried to kill her, his own body grievously wounded from axe blows inflicted by the girl he has tried to kill. She is Lisbeth Salander, computer hacker and investigator, and the man is her father, a murderous Russian gangster. If Salander recovers from her injuries, she is more than likely to be put on trial for three murders -- the authorities regard her as a dangerous individual. But she won't see the inside of a courtroom if her father manages to kill her first. This is the high-tension opening premise of the third book in Stieg Larsson’s phenomenally successful trilogy of crime novels which the late author (a crusading journalist) delivered to his publisher just before his death. But does it match up to its two electrifying predecessors, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and The Girl who Played with Fire? The success of Larsson’s remarkable sequence of books is, to some degree, unprecedented. Crime fiction in translation has, of course, made a mark before (notably with Peter Hoeg’s Miss Smilla’s Feeling for Snow, published, in fact, by Larsson's British publisher, Christopher MacLehose). But even the success of that book gave no hint of the juggernauts that the Salander books would be (the late author's secondary hero is the journalist Blomqvist -- who bears more than a passing resemblance to Stieg Larsson himself). There are two overriding reasons for the hold that this massive trilogy has attained on the public: machine-tooled plotting which juggles the various narrative elements with a master's touch and (above all) the vividly realised character of Lisbeth Salander herself. She is something of a unique creation in the field of crime and thriller fiction: emotionally damaged, vulnerable and sociopathic (all of this concealed behind a forbidding Goth appearance), but she is also the ultimate survivor, somehow managing to stay alive despite the machinations of some deeply unpleasant villains (and the new book has a slew of those) as well as the hostility of often stupid establishment figures, who want her out of the picture quite as passionately as the bad guys. She is, of course, aided by the protective journalist Blomqvist, despite the fact that she had dumped him as a lover. The Girl who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest brings together all the elements that have made the previous books of the sequence so successful. Its relentless pace may be a bit exhausting for some readers, but most will be happy to strap themselves in for the ride. It's just a shame that this will be the final book in the sequence (though conspiracy theorists are hinting that Larsson began another manuscript before his untimely death…) --Barry Forshaw |
| Labyrinthine (il)legal shenanigans in Scandinavia - (4/5) | This weighty tome is certainly a fitting finale to what has been an absorbing trilogy - lent added pathos due to its author's premature death. I did find that there was a surplus of detail, especially during the first half of the book, where the (anti) heroine Lisbeth Salander is pretty much sidelined. However, this does give the reader an opportunity to become more acquainted with Swedish politics and the inner workings of the government's police agency Sapo - the latter are central to the story arc begun in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and continued in The Girl Who Played with Fire. The story really picks up in the final third, where Salander's ICT wizardry again comes to the fore and where her liberty hangs in the balance. Overall a satisfying and intelligent slice of lurid fiction; it's just a shame that Stieg Larsson never had the chance to enjoy the international success of this fine trilogy. |
| Stieg kicked the Nest - (5/5) | Last in the Trilogy of this wonderful author who will be missed. Unput downable read. |
| Hornets' Nest, is the best of the three books. - (5/5) | I had to purchase this from the UK, I live in the US and it is not available yet. It came in about a week, same as if I ordered it here. I love it, it is the best of the three books. I read the Dragon Tattoo, when it first came out, was delighted when the rest were available. By the time it is out in the US, me and all my friends will have already read it. I wouldn't hesitate to order from the UK again. |
| The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest - (5/5) | Despite the fact that the crime thriller is not my usual genre, I enjoyed The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and The Girl Who Played With Fire so much, I eagerly went on line to order the third in the Larsson trilogy. To my disappointment, I found that it wasn't available in the US until the end of May 2010. Well, I couldn't wait that long, so I consulted the Stieg Larsson webpage, where some avid American readers suggested getting the book from amazon.uk. Of course! Why hadn't I thought of that?! Anyway, lest this become a blog and not a review, I ordered the book, which arrived in 6 days. I was delighted and spent the next two weeks in suspense as I read The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest. I found myself absorbed more than ever in the character of Lisbeth Salander, one of the most interesting characters I've ever read. Her skills and talents are immense yet believable, in our age of technologically-driven lives. Portrayed in many ways as a victim in the first two books, Lisbeth, along with her advocates (Blomqvist in particular), exacts justice at last, tinged with appropriately nuanced acts of revenge. Despite knowing that this will happen, the manner in which justice is achieved is surprising at times and is definitely balanced with the narrative lines of the series and also within the characters' capacities. I truly enjoyed Larsson's character development and the shifting of protagonist from Blomqvist in book 1 to Salander in books 2 and 3. Questions I had about the portrayal of women as powerless victims, as in Sweden's sex trade industry and Harriet Vanger's position in book 1, were answered with the character development of both Berger and Salander. Though there are some incidents and attitudes involving these two women which definitely remind me that Larsson is a "man's" author, I think he did his best at creating modern women in charge of their own destinies, partially responsible for the things that happen to them, but able to fight back and address their adversaries. This is a book that didn't disappoint me - what disappoints and saddens me is that Larsson is dead and won't be writing any more of his carefully-outlined sequels. There is closure, for sure, but I want more! |
| The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest - (5/5) | This is a great finish to a great series. Steig Larrsen did a great job in writing these books. I am so sorry that he didn't leave us anything else. I would highly recommend the entire 3 books starting with The Girl With The Drgaon Tattoo.. |
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